Category Archives: Real Estate

Counterpoint: A Lifetime Resident Laments the Transformation of Bernal Heights

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Bernal Heights is changing. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Actually, Bernal Heights has been changing for about 180 years.  Change is often difficult, yet my sense is that the changes that have taken place here during … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, Rant, Real Estate | 54 Comments

Average Bernal Heights Home Sale Prices Going Up, Up, Up

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Residential real estate is booming throughout the Bay Area. Even more locally, San Francisco real estate is white hot, with a year-over-year price gain of 19 percent in February. Naturally, then, as one of the most glamorous neighborhoods in one … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate | 18 Comments

Big House on Mullen Is New Bernal Sale-Price Champion

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

Remember that house at 347 Mullen that hit the market recently? The sale is now complete, and our friends at Curbed SF provide the coda: In 2008 the property was a vacant lot that sold for $399K. Shoot forward to … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate | 13 Comments

Mutant “Mossquatch” Evicted as Strange “Walroctopus” Redecorates Secret Lair on Bocana

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

There has been a change of occupancy in the secret lair on Bocana Street that was until recently home to Bernal’s favorite Bryophyta-Homo Sapien mutant crossbreed. Neighbor Allison reports: Thought some of your readers might be interested to know that the meter hole formerly … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Found Things, Real Estate | 7 Comments

Average Home Sales Prices in Bernal Heights Now Exceed Pre-Bust Highs

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

These charts were compiled by the Paragon Real Estate Group. If the data is correct (and I’m reading it correctly), it would appear that the real estate bust has all but ended in Bernal Heights, with average home sale prices … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate | 21 Comments

This Is the Most Expensive Home For Sale in Bernal Heights

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

Our real estate-obsessed friends at the excellent CurbedSF blog call our attention to this newly renovated home on Mullen that has just hit the market: In 2008, 347 Mullen was just a vacant lot. It sold for $399K and plans … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate | 21 Comments

New Mission Theater Plan Will Also Bring New Housing to North Bernal Borderlands

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Last week, the City’s Planning Commission approved a very exciting proposal to restore and renovate the abandoned New Mission Theater on Mission at 22nd Street. It’s a promising development that will bring some grandeur back to the old theater, which … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, New Stuff, Real Estate | 11 Comments

Your 2012 Bernal Heights Real Estate Year-In-Review

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

Yesterday, our Interweb neighbors at CurbedSF told us about a 1 bath, 640 square-foot fixer-upper on Manchester Street in Bernal Heights that was listed recently for $399,000. It ultimately sold for $685,000 — a mind-boggling $286K over the asking price. What to … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Occupy Bernal vs. Wells Fargo in Bayview

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Occupy Bernal staged an anti-foreclosure protest at a Wells Fargo branch in Bayshore yesterday, and KGO-TV carries the story: A group of protesters who said they are fighting to protect homeowners shut down a bank in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Real Estate | 3 Comments

Your October 2012 Single Family Home Sales Report: Average Sale Price in Bernal Heights Approaches $1 Million

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

According to the realtors at Downing & Company, the average home sales price for Bernal Heights approached $1 million last month: Eleven (11) single-family homes sold in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco during October. With ultra low interest … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate | 3 Comments

Your Dystopian-Style Bernal Heights Real Estate Market Summary Video for September 2012

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Completely independent of the actual data it provides about the state of the Bernal Heights real estate market in September 2012, I think there is something unsettling about the tone and style of this video. Apart from the fact that … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate | 1 Comment

Neighbor David Talbot Laments the Tech-Fueled Gentrification of Bernal Heights

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Yesterday’s post about the impact the Silicon Valley commuter shuttle network is having on Bernal Heights pairs neatly with the article by Bernal neighbor David Talbot that appears on the cover of the current issue of San Francisco magazine. Under … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics, Rant, Real Estate, Then and Now | 28 Comments

Tech Shuttle Transit Map Reveals Hidden Logic of the Bernal Heights Real Estate Market

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

As Bernalwood has previously noted, there are some hidden dynamics at work in the North Bernal real estate market along the Cesar Chavez corridor, where home-price inflation has been fueled in part by the neighborhood’s proximity to the private shuttle-bus … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Transportation | 19 Comments